Notes

Photoshoots

• People as savages
• Prey/predator
• snarling/clawing/biting

Research

• Voodoo shrines
• Horniman Museum 
• Japanese merman
• Hindu Temple - giant sculpture shrines
• Shop shrines
• Aggie- Totems and amulets - xmas - shrine in garden /animal.
• Butchers /petshop mice/ fish monger /farmers market
• Alexander - taxidermy
• Feather
• 2 beginings of animals swap - make hybrid animal.
• resin cast - ag lauren intern advice -youtube. 
• fast food nation - slaughter houses 
• Humans- selfish - won't make a difference unless on mass. 
• Meat - rare treat - protein + fat. - Luxury
• Fur
• Meat
• Bone to carve 
• Teeth
• Sleep in stomache of animal - bear grills and leonardo di caprio in new film
• Pet- for company -dogs 'mans best friend' was the first animal to follow the tribe in hunter gatherer societies. - fluffy - no threat + vulnerable - reliant on u- roam free or caged- loyal- no spikey beaks or painful sharp claws, not messy - domesticated dont poo everywhere (inside) - trainable so the human can dominate/have power over them. - comfort. Vulnerable = loving, licks, stays next to you, fat and stupid, spider, snakes are intriguing. 
• Scary threat- claws, lots of eyes, motherly instinct, male predator, sound of wolves, sound of insects, unknown sounds, cant see, being able to pick you up/carry you away, kidnap/capture you, bite, bigger than you, big teeth, flared nostrils, muscles, insects are not cute or cuddly, not domestic, mean to have as pets, spikey, loads of legs, hissing.
• Colouring - natural/coloured feet/yellow/black danger?

This week my aim was to design my animal, a baby and an adult version, stating its various animal components and their significance to the Homo sapien. I am pleased to say I have done this. The next post will be describing my make-believe animal, next on my list is to come up with a name (latin) and to start drawing out and planning the artifacts proving the existence of the animal, or at least proving the existence of the human-animal relationship.